One day a year, street performers and artists reclaim the streets of Paris for the landmark Fête de la Musique, featuring music from all walks of life and backgrounds – this year including Spanish rapper and actor ARON. “I’m excited, but I’m a bit nervous because it’s the first time that I’ve played [live] with my band… but I think it’s going to be fun,” he tells Dazed, speaking in the heated moments before the performance.
The show opened with “INVISIBILIDAD”, the lead single from his upcoming album. Invisibility might not be the first word that pops to mind with someone in the public eye as frequently as ARON, but the track holds a special place in his heart. “It comes a bit more from the love side, sentimental side,” ARON explains, “the song talks about a relationship that cannot work. So, I‘m going to try to be invisible to be next to you the rest of my life.”
This sense of wanting to be invisible, or hidden, runs through the entire project. “I’m a person that has a lot of masks to hide behind because I’m a sensible person. Maybe this rebel thing is a way to protect myself, but with this new project, I’m trying to break it and show my real self.”
It’s not hard to imagine how such anxieties emerge for someone like ARON. After starring in the original Spanish production 15 Years and One Day at only 15, and being nominated for a prestigious GOYA Award for his original musical contribution to the film, before landing a leading role in the smash hit Netflix series Elite, ARON is beloved throughout the Spanish-speaking world and beyond. “I need things that keep me grounded because this life is really tricky. You have lots of crowds and lots of people around you, but then I go home and I'm a normal person. You have to keep the brain trained to know that it is an illusion.”
It’s fitting, then, that his favourite track from the album, “Plan B”, manifests this resolution to stay grounded. “It talks about the dream of going to the mountains and retiring there,” he explains.